Israel's chief rabbis were blasted by women's goups this week for circulating a public statement denouncing abortion in Israel, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) website reports.
In a letter circulated to rabbis on the state payroll, Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger wrote that abortion "delayed the redemption." They also wrote that most abortions in Israel were "unnecessary" and were "against Jewish law."
Several women's rights groups condemned the rabbis for seeking to prevent women from their right to choose.
Ronit Ehrenfreund-Cohen, who heads the Women's International Zionist Organization's Status of Women Division, chided the rabbis for "violating the essence and values of the society and country in which we live, which also pays their salaries."
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